CHART OF THE DAY: LinkedIn Hits Its Stride As A Public Company

LinkedIn seems to have hit its stride as
a public company, with the stock soaring 86% year to date.

LinkedIn reported earnings last night, and once again, it
was a strong performance. In this era of hot tech companies
IPOing and then getting crushed, it's nice to see LinkedIn doing
so well. The company has been pretty flawless in its execution as
far as we can tell.

Below, you can see the stock growth comparisons for LinkedIn,
Zynga, and Groupon from the first day of trading. It's
good news for Zynga. As you can see it took LinkedIn almost 7
months to get back to its opening trading price. Zynga has
crashed, but if it can deliver a strong performance, it too could
rebound.